Abstract: Typescripts of Ivanyi Laszlo's diary, one in the original French and one English translation. The diary documents his life
and reflections on his past, 1963-1967. Additional comments were added and included in the typescripts through 2008. Laszlo,
an accomplished artist and pianist, escaped Hungary after the fall of the 1956 revolution. He relocated to Paris, France,
where he was introduced into Parisian high society.

Language of Materials: A typescript of the diary is the orginal French along with a typescript translation to English.

creator:
Ivanyi, Laszlo, 1934-

Scope and Content

Typescripts of Ivanyi Laszlo's diary, one in the original French and one English translation. The diary documents his life
and reflections on his past, 1963-1967. Additional comments were added and included in the typescripts through 2008. The collection
also includes 36 5"x7" prints of his art works.

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Access Note

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Bigraphical note

Laszlo Ivanyi was born in Budapest, Hungary, on May 24, 1934. His father was a tax inspector, with the official title of conseiller
des finances publiques. In 1944 German troops occupied their village. The army requisitioned the family home for the billeting
of a counter-espionage officer. Weeks later in the course of the Russians advance, a Soviet rocket destroyed their home. In
what was left of the house, the Russian army set up a kitchen, during this period the family lived in constant fear of the
soldiers. In 1945 the family relocated to his paternal grandfather's home in Soviet occupied Szekesfehervar, Hungary.

Ivanyi returned to school in 1946. His father enrolled him in a secondary school taught by Cistercian monks; he spent much
of his time in the monastery's library. In 1948 when the Communist Party nationalized religious schools, he was called upon
to denounce Cardinal Mindszenthy. After refusing to denounce the cardinal, Ivanyi was effectively banished from the school.
During this time, he continued his piano lessons and won a national arts competition. Jeno Barcsay recommended that he enroll
in Academy of Visual Arts in Hungary. Ivanyi's father insisted that he focus on his academic studies. By the time he completed
his secondary education the opportunity to attend the Academy of Visual Arts had passed. He went onto the Budapest Conservatory
to study piano for a year, winning the Bartok Prize.The following year he enrolled in the Franz Liszt Academy, where Paul
Kadosa decided to take Ivanyi under his wing. Later Ivanyi returned to academic studies enrolling in the architecture division
of the Polytechnique.

During the 1956 Hungarian revolution, he took part in the events surrounding the Kilián barracks. Fearing reprisals after
the Russian army re-established control of the country, he fled across the Austrian border and headed to Paris.

Once in Paris, he enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for about a month; the lack of formal classes led him to go out on
his own. He did remain enrolled for three or four years in order to satisfy the requirements of his scholarship. Through friends
he became acquainted with Alix de Rothschild, and a great friendship developed. Rothschild brought Ivanyi into the world of
Parisian high society which allowed him to earn a living providing piano lessons. At her estate in Normandy, he met Isaac
Stern, Leonard Rose, Eugene lstomin, and Rudolph Serkin and his pianist son Peter.

Ivanyi took part in several group art exhibitions, and had a number of solo art shows. His works are in a number of private
collections, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives as well as the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.